Environmental Justice in America : A New Paradigm

Environmental Justice in America : A New Paradigm

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  • 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版/ページ数 296 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780253341372
  • DDC分類 363.700973

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Edwardo Lao Rhodes examines the issue of environmental justice as a public policy concern and suggests the use of a new methodology in its evaluation. Rather than argue the merits of growth versus environmental protection, he makes the case that race and class were not major concerns of environmental policy until the 1990s. Why this was so, and why awareness of social justice should be an important consideration in thinking about environmental impact takes up the first part of the book. Part II looks more closely at public policy concerns and discusses the methodological approaches that can illuminate the problem of environmental justice. Rhodes proposes the use of "data envelopment analysis" as a more useful risk assessment tool than current methodologies. The book's final section examines the disposal of hazardous material in rural Noxubee County, Mississippi. After acknowledging the difficulties of arriving at an "equitable" solution in this complex case, Rhodes discusses recommendations that might ensure that sharing the burden of risk becomes a fundamental part of environmental policy.Although Environmental Justice in America deals primarily with the United States, it raises issues of international concern: global environmental justice programs, national sovereignty, the paternalism of developed nations toward the underdeveloped world, and questions of economic necessity.

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments; Part I. The Dynamics of Environmental Justice; 1. Introduction; 2. Forms of Environmental Justice; 3. What Has Gone Before: Why Race Was Not on the Original Environmental Agenda; 4. The Evolution of Environmental Justice as a Policy Issue: A Movement Whose Time Has Come; 5. Misconceptions about Minority Attitudes toward Environmental Issues; 6. EPA: An Agency with an Attitude; Part II. Policy Analysis of Environmental Justice; 7. Environmental Justice through the Lens of Policy Analysis: Why Should Government Get Involved?; 8. The Measurement of Environmental Justice: Some Rules of Engagement; 9. A New Way of Looking at the Same Old Numbers: Using Data Envelopment Analysis to Evaluate Environmental Quality; Part III. A Case, a Summary, and Some Conclusions; 10. A Case of Environmental Justice: The Disposal of Hazardous Material in Noxubee County, Mississippi; 11. Policy Directions and Recommendations; 12. Environmental Justice: A New Paradigm-A Time of Change; Appendix A: Declaration of Environmental Justice; Bibliography; Index